EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for September 25, 2017
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for September 25, 2017! As we nears the end of September, our country remains in a series of crises: continual threats to our healthcare, devastations in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, a new travel ban, and a president who repeatedly threatens our right to protest racial injustice, who starts an upmanship conflict with North Korea when tension is already high, and who continues to upend our country’s norms.
But to quote former President Obama this week: “It’s certainly frustrating to have to mobilize every couple months to keep our leaders from inflicting real human suffering on our constituents. But… typically that’s how progress is won. And how progress is maintained, on every issue, we have to stand up for each other, recognize that progress is never inevitable, that it often can be fragile, it’s in need of constant renewal, and our individual progress and our collective progress depends on our willingness to roll up our sleeves and work, and not be afraid to work.”
Events | SDC Events Calendar
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Monday, September 25, 2017, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM: Escondido Indivisible Group Meeting with ECOC & TWW North County Inland at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029. ***Tentative Agenda: Update & next steps for Save Our Library, Neighborhood In Action, & Healthcare. Social time at 6:00 pm, bring finger-food to share if you’d like.***
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 2:00 PM: Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at the Escondido Library, Turrentine Room, 239 S Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025. ***Special meeting to consider request for county proposal for library operations of Escondido Library.***
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 4:30 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025. ***Come speak on public comment at the beginning of the meeting and urge the council to evaluate other alternatives to outsourcing the library. See agenda which includes CalPERS Pension Workshop.***
Future Events
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 4:30 PM: Mayor Abed Town Hall at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 5:30 PM–8:30 PM: Fight Back ＃PowerHour at City Heights Performing Annex, 3795 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, CA 92105.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM: Fight Back #PowerHour: North County San Diego at Westfield North County Mall, 272 E Via Rancho Parkway, Escondido 92025 (intersection Westfield Way).
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4:30 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
Monday
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Watch Senate Finance Committee’s Hearing to Consider the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal at 11:00 AM.
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Join National Day of Action to #KillTheBill and ask Senator Feinstein & Harris to again defend the ACA against repeal and replace, the upcoming Graham-Cassidy bill. California would lose $78 billion in federal health funding based on one analysis. See Graham, Cassidy revise Obamacare repeal bill, appealing to holdouts and DHCS Releases Analysis of Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill.
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Attend Escondido Indivisible Group Meeting with ECOC & TWW North County Inland at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029 at 6:30 PM. Tentative Agenda: Update & next steps for Save Our Library, Neighborhood In Action, & Healthcare. Social time at 6:00 pm, bring finger-food to share if you’d like.
Tuesday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support federal aid to help Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and other Caribbean islands recovered from Hurricane Irma and Maria. See After Maria and Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island and Puerto Rico may be without electricity for months.
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Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to support federal aid to help Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and other Caribbean islands recovered from Hurricane Irma and Maria.
Wednesday
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Read-up on Private Equity Firm Acquires Rita’s Italian Ice, Now Eying California Public Library, 150 rally against library outsourcing, Community rallies against library outsourcing plan, Escondido Residents Roll Out “Un”Welcome Mat for Private Library Operator LS&S and Letter to the Editor: CITY MANAGER'S STATEMENT IS BLATANTLY WRONG.
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Attend Escondido Library Board of Trustees Meeting at the Escondido Library, Turrentine Room, 239 S Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025 at 2:00 PM. Special meeting to consider request for county proposal for library operations of Escondido Library. Come and urge the Trustees to stay strong in their defense of our library. Ask them to send a strong message to the City Council to seriously evaluate other alternatives other than LS&S.
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Attend Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025 at 4:30 PM. Come speak on public comment at the beginning of the meeting and urge the council to evaluate other alternatives to outsourcing the library. See agenda which includes CalPERS Pension Workshop.
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Contact the Escondido City Council again and ask them to stop the outsourcing contract and evaluate alternatives. See Action Alert & Alerta de Acción.
Thursday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.R.3591 (or the American Hope Act), which would provide DREAMers in Rep. Hunter’s district a path to citizenship, as well as signing a discharge petition for the bill. Note that Rep. Hunter has stated that “I will not support any immigration reform effort, including DACA, that does not address border enforcement and put national security first” so make it clear that you want a clean bill, no amendments to fund a border wall or increase deportations. See Rep. Hunter's September Update and Rep. Hunter's Press Release on Immigration.
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Contact Governor Brown and ask him to sign SB-54, which limits instances in which state and local resources are used for immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant, into law. The bill is at the Governor’s desk as of Sept. 22, 2017.
Friday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to remove himself as a co-sponsor of H.R.620 (or ADA Education and Reform Act) which repeal essential protections those with disabilities. Tell him to vote to gainst H.R.620. See Letter to California House Co-Sponsors of HR 620 and Congress Wants to Change the Americans With Disabilities Act and Undermine the Civil Rights of People With Disabilities.
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Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to co-sponsor S.1820 which protects transgender service members. See There’s now a real congressional push to block the transgender military ban and Senators McCain, Gillibrand, Collins, Reed Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Protect Transgender Service Members.
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